Storage Comparison Table

Researchers get access to multiple storage options through CSC. The comparison table below helps to decide which storage solution is right for you. We recommend creating a data management plan when considering data storage options. If you have questions, our Service Desk provides personal guidance and expert support in choosing the right storage solution for your data.

• Services suitable for sensitive data are being developed.
• We also provision storage capacity (CEPH/NFS) on request.

	Intended purpose	Currently available quotas*	Interfaces	Single user or project based access	Additional features	Service offered by
Allas Object Storage	Platform independent data storage and sharing	10 TB (more on request)	S3 and Swift clients. OpenStack Horizon web interface.	project group	Enables sharing data from the service	CSC
Fairdata IDA Storage service	Storing and sharing stable data	Granted based on application  (from 1 GB to around 100 TB)	Browser, CLI	project group	Enables sharing data from the service, persistent identifiers	MINEDU (service produced by CSC)
Storage in CSC cloud environments	Temporary or persistent storage resources via virtual machines	1 TB (more on request)	Block storage via virtual machine, big data frameworks (Hadoop, Spark)	project group		CSC
Project directories in Puhti supercomputer	Disk areas for processing data	50 GB, 1 TB short term (more on request)	File system	project group		CSC
EUDAT B2DROP	Storing, sharing and syncing files	20 GB	Browser, desktop	single user	Enables sharing data from the service, and publishing data in EUDAT B2SHARE service	EUDAT
Kaivos - A relational database service	Data for applications utilizing relational databases	Up to tens of GBs	MariaDB database	project group		CSC

 

* For more detailed information about available storage capacity, see the table about default quotas.